Transwagon
| Трансвагон АД Transwagon AD
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| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1890 |
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Burgas , Bulgaria
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| Branch | Rail vehicle construction |
| Website | www.transwagon-bg.com |
Transwagon ( Bulgarian Трансвагон ) is a Bulgarian company from the port city of Burgas . Transwagon specializes in the manufacture, repair and modernization of freight cars . The company is located in the North Industrial Zone near the Vladimir Pavlov Railway Station.
history
The company's beginnings began in 1890 when, with the opening of the Burgas-Sofia railway line in Burgas, a plant was established to repair the locomotives and wagons that run on this line. In the second half of the 1940s, the repair shop was nationalized and renamed Wagonoromonten sawod (bg. Вагоноремонтен завод ). In 1951 the production of new freight wagons began, which also marked the beginning of Bulgarian freight wagons. It was renamed again to Wagonoromonten i wagonostroitelen sawod (bugl. Вагоноремонтен и вагоностроителен завод ). In the 1950s and 1960s, the designs of open and covered freight wagons for bulk goods were developed, in the 1970s flat wagons and since the 1980s the focus has been on the manufacture of specialized freight wagons.
With the end of communism and the onset of structural weakness in the Bulgarian economy, the plant specialized in the conversion and modernization of freight wagons and their export. In 1999 Transwagon was privatized. As a result, the plant was modernized so that the company premises today occupy an area of 200,000 square meters and can continue the tradition of freight wagon construction.
Individual evidence
- ^ Transwagon AD contacts. Retrieved March 27, 2017 .
- ↑ Transwagon AD - About us. Retrieved March 27, 2017 .